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Importing and playing samples (sample import)
You can assign audio les (“samples”) that are imported into this instrument from a USB ash drive, to play on the keyboard.
NOTE
Audio les that can be imported must be in WAV format, 44.1/48 kHz, 16/24-bit. If you select a le that doesn’t meet these requirements, 
“Import Error!” is shown, and the le cannot be imported.
Copying to a USB ash drive
WAV
Importing audio les (samples)
When you import a sample into a user sample, a user tone that uses 
that user sample is created at the same time.
1.  Format the USB ash drive on the XPS-60 (p. 54).
2.  Turn o the XPS-60 and then unplug the USB ash 
drive.
3.  On your computer, copy the audio le you want to 
import into the “IMPORT” folder.
*  Use single-byte alphanumeric characters for the le and folder 
names.
4.  Insert the USB ash drive into this instrument, and 
turn on the power.
5.  Press the [MENU] button.
The MENU screen appears.
6.  Move the cursor to “SAMPLE” and press the [ENTER] 
button.
The SAMPLE menu screen appears.
7.  Move the cursor to “IMPORT” and press the [ENTER] 
button.
The IMPORT screen appears.
8.  Select the le to import.
MEMO
 ¹ The sample is automatically applied as a scale on the keyboard, 
from three octaves above the pitch that was originally sampled 
(original key) when the sample was imported, and all the way 
down to the lowest key.
 ¹ You can change the sample’s loop point and the original key 
later. See “SAMPLE parameters” in the “Parameter Guide” (Roland 
website) for details.
9.  Move the cursor to the user tone where you want to 
import the data, and press the [ENTER] button.
A conrmation message appears.
If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.
10. 
Move the cursor to “OK” and press the [ENTER] 
button.
This imports the audio le.
*  If the user memory is full, the message “Import Error!” appears, 
and the data cannot be imported. If this happens, delete any 
unneeded samples (p. 26).
11. 
Repeat steps 5–10 to import the necessary audio 
les.
MEMO
 ¹ The samples that are created can be selected as a single user tone 
from the tone list in the SAMPLE category or from the tone list in 
the user bank.
 ¹ Samples with large le sizes may take several minutes to import.
NOTE
Never turn o the power or remove the USB ash drives while the 
screen indicates “Processing...”.
Recalling a sample
1.  On the top screen, move the cursor to the tone and 
press the [15] (SAMPLE) button or the [16] USER 
button.
2.  Use the value dial to select a tone.
*  The pitches of notes that are more than three octaves above the 
original key that was set do not change.